NKU NRP472 Module

Question 1

A researcher at a school of nursing decides to investigate the correlation between a pre- admission HESI examination, high school GPA, and SAT scores as a predictor of success in completing first year study. These admission variables will be reviewed again with grades achieved after the first year is completed. This use of data is known as which of the following?

Known-groups technique

Concurrent validity

Predictive validity

Construct validation

Question 2

Which aspect of reliability does the “Cronbach’s alpha” indicate?

Internal consistency of the measure items within one measure

Equivalence of two separate forms of a measure

The extent of expert agreement ensuring adequate content coverage

Measurement stability performance over time